Chapter 55

• Catherine's POV
• After Nathan's fiancée, Judith Summers, left, I found myself deliberating on the emotional weight of her words, lingering in my mind throughout the day. Her words gave me renewed hope and strength but also awakened a remorse feeling within me—the realisation that I hadn't lived my life well. It was like she saw straight through me when she pointed out that the circumstances surrounding me defined the type of life I had led.
• As an orphan who grew up in the orphanage, I had left the orphanage since I was eighteen and had been fending for myself ever since then. I make a living by selling off my body and satisfying various sexual desires of men. I have no one who I love or care about, nor did anyone reciprocate such feelings towards me. The only semblance of love and care I had experienced was from Nathan. He made love to me with a certain level of respect for me, paid my bills, and treated me far better than anyone I have ever met. Even though I was just a sexual tool to him, I harboured some kind of feelings for him, and I was sure if we had met under better circumstances, I was going to make him love me genuinely.